Ireland's Bjorn Thomson (17) had another terrific victory at The FBD Insurance Irish Open when he overcame Britain's Jamie Whiteford 3-6 6-2 6-3 to take his place in the semi-finals but second seed Sam Barry crashed out to England's Dan Evans 6-3 6-3.

Irish amateur Paul Dunne will turn professional later this year after taking the 144th Open Championship by storm and major winner Graeme McDowell believes the 22-year-old has the talent to succeed immediately.

After being mistaken for Jordan Spieth several times this week, Irish amateur Paul Dunne did a pretty good impression of the world number two on the course as well with an opening 69 at the Open at St Andrews.

England's James Morrison powered into a two-shot lead with a five-under 67 in the third round of the BMW International Open in Munich, while Michael Hoey is best of the Irish five shots behind Morrison.